Chapter 52. Unveiling Resentments

Jacob

I watched her as she conversed with her friends, the smile on her face never fading. It occasionally broadened with a subtle twitch at the corner of her lips, as if she could sense my gaze fixed on her the entire time. And, truth be told, she could. Evelyn was incredibly observant though she didn’t know that I had mentally captured every aspect of her from the very first day I arrived here to attend Samuel’s wedding. She remained oblivious to how I had lost most of my self-control that very morning when I unexpectedly found her in the kitchen, wearing a little top and shorts that perfectly showcased her sexy body.

Who would have thought that this was the same Evelyn I had known years ago?

Back then, she had been quite shy around me, always quiet, except for those nights when she’d sneak wine from the kitchen cabinets and retreat to her safe haven—her room. In the midst of her liquor-induced intoxication, she would often do wild things that were entirel